Amazing Bordeaux Sampler Pack!!
2018 Bordeaux Library Gift Set
6 different 2018 Bordeaux wines in this Sampler Pack
1 bottle each of the wines below = $616.94
Special Sampler price = $575 / for the 6 bottles!
Save over $40 on the set
Great gift idea for Bordeaux lovers! This 6 bottle set includes 5 reds and 1 dessert wine from Bordeaux's major "communes". This is an ultimate tour through France's most famous wine region. The wines from the 2018 vintage are celebrated for their richness, concentration, and approachability. The reds feature intense dark fruit aromas, with blackcurrants, plums, and cherries prominent.
In the white wine category, Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon shine, with the 2018 whites showcasing vibrant citrus notes, floral aromas, and a refreshing minerality. Decanter noted the whites for their “lively acidity and complexity,” making them highly appealing for both immediate enjoyment and ageing.
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2018 Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste Pauillac...$103.99
I love the purity of the 2018 Château Grand-Puy Lacoste, a ripe, upfront, expressive beauty that has loads of currant and cassis notes as well as flowers, spicy wood, graphite, and hints of tobacco. Full-bodied, rich, expansive, and incredibly sexy, it stays fresh and lively on the palate, with ultra-fine tannins.
Rated 96/100 Jeb Dunnuck
Juicy and compact now, with dark currant, blackberry and fig notes at the core, surrounded by lots of warm earth, singed alder and tobacco leaf notes. Cast iron note helps extend the finish, with the fruit and earth notes keeping pace. Has a slight throwback feel, so if you like old school, ageworthy Pauillac, this is your wine. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2024 through 2038.
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 95 /100 Decanter Magazine
Rated 94/100 James Suckling
2018 Chateau Calon Segur St. Estephe...$210.99
Easily the greatest example from this château that I've tasted, the 2018 Château Calon Ségur checks in as 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Petit Verdot aged 20 months in new French oak. This dense purple-hued beauty boasts a stunning nose of blackcurrants, crème de cassis, tobacco, baking spices, chocolate, and cedarwood. With full-bodied richness, a layered, multi-dimensional texture, gorgeous tannins, and one seriously long finish, it hits that palate with 15% alcohol, yet you wouldn't know it by tasting it, and the wine is perfectly balanced, has incredible purity of fruit, and stays fresh and lively, with a clean finish. This magical Saint-Estèphe can be drunk any time over the coming 20+ years.
Rated 99/100 Jeb Dunnuck
This is a dense, generous wine. Swathes of black fruits are packed with concentrated tannins. Its power is palpable, as is its luxuriously rich future. The wine will take plenty of aging, so don’t drink before 2027. Cellar Selection
Rated 97/100 Wine Enthusiast
The 2018 Calon-Ségur is blended of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot (14.9% alcohol). It is anticipated to age for 20 months in barriques, 100% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it needs just a little coaxing before it reveals seductive notes of baked cherries, warm cassis, licorice and smoked meats with nuances of hoisin, camphor, Chinese five spice and dried roses with a waft of cardamom. Full-bodied and completely packed with concentrated black fruit and spice layers, it has a firm frame of grainy tannins and a wicked backbone of freshness giving an energetic lift to the very long finish. There's lots of brightness coming from the Cabernet Franc component in here, but it is nonetheless a decadent expression.
Rated 96-98/100 Wine Advocate
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 97/100 James Suckling
2018 Chateau Talbot St. Julien...$104.99
Rich aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, chocolate, tobacco and licorice. Oyster shell, too. It’s full-bodied with firm, well integrated tannins. Polished, silky layers with a long finish. Gorgeous ripe and bright fruit in the center palate. Best in a long time. Try from 2025.
Rated 96/100 James Suckling
This is densely packed with ripe macerated fig, blackberry and plum fruit flavors supported by tar and bramble notes that meld steadily through the finish. Notes of applewood and anise flash throughout. For the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2023 through 2036.
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 94/100 Decanter Magazine
Rated 94/100 Wine Enthusiast
Rated 93/100 Jeb Dunnuck
2018 Chateau Monbousquet St. Emilion...$74.99
Another brilliant vintage for this estate, which has been going from strength to strength over the past decade, the 2018 Château Monbousquet reveals a dense purple, opaque color as well as a rich yet lively bouquet of cassis, chocolate covered currants, new leather, and graphite. With sumptuous levels of fruit, full -bodied richness, and ample mid-palate depth, it's the purity of fruit as well as the quality of the tannin's that have brought this cuvée up another notch. Readers are going to love this cuvée, and it should keep for 15-20 years.
Rated 95/100 Jeb Dunnuck
Espresso crema and melted black licorice aromas give way to a lush range of cassis, plum reduction and blackberry confiture flavors that roll through with authority. Long finish is carried by a buried graphite note and hint of smoldering earth. An amped in style but if you like muscle and panache, you'll dig this. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2022 through 2038.
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 95/100 James Suckling
Rated 93/100 Vinous Media
Rated 96/100 Jeb Dunnuck
Juicy and compact now, with dark currant, blackberry and fig notes at the core, surrounded by lots of warm earth, singed alder and tobacco leaf notes. Cast iron note helps extend the finish, with the fruit and earth notes keeping pace. Has a slight throwback feel, so if you like old school, ageworthy Pauillac, this is your wine. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2024 through 2038.
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 95 /100 Decanter Magazine
Rated 94/100 James Suckling
2018 Chateau Calon Segur St. Estephe...$210.99
Easily the greatest example from this château that I've tasted, the 2018 Château Calon Ségur checks in as 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Petit Verdot aged 20 months in new French oak. This dense purple-hued beauty boasts a stunning nose of blackcurrants, crème de cassis, tobacco, baking spices, chocolate, and cedarwood. With full-bodied richness, a layered, multi-dimensional texture, gorgeous tannins, and one seriously long finish, it hits that palate with 15% alcohol, yet you wouldn't know it by tasting it, and the wine is perfectly balanced, has incredible purity of fruit, and stays fresh and lively, with a clean finish. This magical Saint-Estèphe can be drunk any time over the coming 20+ years.
Rated 99/100 Jeb Dunnuck
This is a dense, generous wine. Swathes of black fruits are packed with concentrated tannins. Its power is palpable, as is its luxuriously rich future. The wine will take plenty of aging, so don’t drink before 2027. Cellar Selection
Rated 97/100 Wine Enthusiast
The 2018 Calon-Ségur is blended of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot (14.9% alcohol). It is anticipated to age for 20 months in barriques, 100% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it needs just a little coaxing before it reveals seductive notes of baked cherries, warm cassis, licorice and smoked meats with nuances of hoisin, camphor, Chinese five spice and dried roses with a waft of cardamom. Full-bodied and completely packed with concentrated black fruit and spice layers, it has a firm frame of grainy tannins and a wicked backbone of freshness giving an energetic lift to the very long finish. There's lots of brightness coming from the Cabernet Franc component in here, but it is nonetheless a decadent expression.
Rated 96-98/100 Wine Advocate
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 97/100 James Suckling
Rich aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, chocolate, tobacco and licorice. Oyster shell, too. It’s full-bodied with firm, well integrated tannins. Polished, silky layers with a long finish. Gorgeous ripe and bright fruit in the center palate. Best in a long time. Try from 2025.
Rated 96/100 James Suckling
This is densely packed with ripe macerated fig, blackberry and plum fruit flavors supported by tar and bramble notes that meld steadily through the finish. Notes of applewood and anise flash throughout. For the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2023 through 2036.
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 94/100 Decanter Magazine
Rated 94/100 Wine Enthusiast
Rated 93/100 Jeb Dunnuck
2018 Chateau Monbousquet St. Emilion...$74.99
Another brilliant vintage for this estate, which has been going from strength to strength over the past decade, the 2018 Château Monbousquet reveals a dense purple, opaque color as well as a rich yet lively bouquet of cassis, chocolate covered currants, new leather, and graphite. With sumptuous levels of fruit, full -bodied richness, and ample mid-palate depth, it's the purity of fruit as well as the quality of the tannin's that have brought this cuvée up another notch. Readers are going to love this cuvée, and it should keep for 15-20 years.
Rated 95/100 Jeb Dunnuck
Espresso crema and melted black licorice aromas give way to a lush range of cassis, plum reduction and blackberry confiture flavors that roll through with authority. Long finish is carried by a buried graphite note and hint of smoldering earth. An amped in style but if you like muscle and panache, you'll dig this. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2022 through 2038.
Rated 95/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 95/100 James Suckling
Rated 93/100 Vinous Media
2018 Chateau Cantenac Brown...$89.99
The 2018 Cantenac Brown is fabulous. Dark rich and expansive, the 2018 wraps around the palate with stunning depth. Dark red/black fruit, iron, cedar, chocolate, dried herbs and a whole range of earthy notes are pushed forward as this ample Margaux shows off its considerable allure. The 2018 is a big, rich wine. Give it at least a few years to fully come together.
Rated 95/100 Vinous Media
Ripe black fruits shine through this balanced wine, showing strongly against a backdrop of rich, generous tannins. This estate is one to watch as it achieves the form the vineyard deserves. Expect this wine to be ready to drink from 2026.
Rated 95/100 Wine Enthusiast
Rated 94/100 Wine Spectator
The 2018 Cantenac Brown is fabulous. Dark rich and expansive, the 2018 wraps around the palate with stunning depth. Dark red/black fruit, iron, cedar, chocolate, dried herbs and a whole range of earthy notes are pushed forward as this ample Margaux shows off its considerable allure. The 2018 is a big, rich wine. Give it at least a few years to fully come together.
Rated 95/100 Vinous Media
Ripe black fruits shine through this balanced wine, showing strongly against a backdrop of rich, generous tannins. This estate is one to watch as it achieves the form the vineyard deserves. Expect this wine to be ready to drink from 2026.
Rated 95/100 Wine Enthusiast
Rated 94/100 Wine Spectator
Rated 94/100 James Suckling
Chateau Doisy-Vedrines Sauternes...$31.99/375ml
Extremely rich in texture on the attack. This is hugely concentrated with power and poise to the white peach and pear flavours, shot through with lemon and lime. Knitted down right now. 37% new oak. Drinking Window 2021 – 2044
Rated 94/100 Decanter Magazine
This concentrated wine is intense in botrytis and shows potential for aging. All this richness is balanced by a fresh streak and lemon zest acidity at the end.
Rated 94-96/100 Wine Enthusiast
A fresh, creamy Sauternes with sliced lemon, dried apple and hints of apricot and honey. Medium-bodied with light sweetness and a fruity finish. Drink now.
Rated 90/100 James Suckling
Extremely rich in texture on the attack. This is hugely concentrated with power and poise to the white peach and pear flavours, shot through with lemon and lime. Knitted down right now. 37% new oak. Drinking Window 2021 – 2044
Rated 94/100 Decanter Magazine
This concentrated wine is intense in botrytis and shows potential for aging. All this richness is balanced by a fresh streak and lemon zest acidity at the end.
Rated 94-96/100 Wine Enthusiast
A fresh, creamy Sauternes with sliced lemon, dried apple and hints of apricot and honey. Medium-bodied with light sweetness and a fruity finish. Drink now.
Rated 90/100 James Suckling
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